Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 2 | Later on the flight to Nice Kate let herself regress ten years to relive once more her beloved only brother 's funeral , something she had forbidden herself to do ever since she 'd left home to go to university . |
| 3 | We had to contend with some extremely high winds and found it needed extra guys to hold upright . |
| 4 | He noticed she needed two hands to lift the silver pot . |
| 5 | The attorney agreed with Haydon about the injustice of the proceedings , and told him to return that evening to settle the matter finally . |
| 6 | He said that he believed he had lawful authority to ride the bike because he was repairing it for a friend . |
| 7 | To break this cycle we asked the women to aim at eating three meals each day and encouraged them to take small steps to reach this goal . |
| 8 | He reckoned he had enough time to see Maidstone , then get down to the pensione and change before making his way back up to the Vomero again . |
| 9 | When the coach arrived it took some time to organise the teams . |
| 10 | She made one last feeble attempt to avoid the escalation of physical craving between them , knowing she had lost when she heard the unusual huskiness of her own voice , and saw Rune 's eyes darken in immediate response . |
| 11 | In the 1920s their financial position improved and , despite the reductions of income in the 1930s , the cheap money policy which followed the abandonment of the gold standard and the move to protection , permitted them to obtain cheap mortgages to buy the thousands of three-bedroomed semi-detached houses which were being built in the South and the Midlands at between £400 and £450 . |
| 12 | When Mr James Baker , the American Secretary of State , met opposition leaders in Tashkent in February , Mr Pulatov urged him to establish diplomatic relations to enable the United States to monitor human rights and give democracy a foothold . |
| 13 | She watched him raise one hand to rub the nape of his neck , then flex his shoulder muscles . |
| 14 | The spokesman said a number of mortar bombs had been found in the area in the past and he urged anyone finding similar items to contact the police immediately . |
| 15 | Sky TV yesterday announced they have exclusive rights to show his championship challenge and , if successful , his first defence . |
| 16 | I knew I needed some place to go inside myself — frighten people off — so I shoved three tapes and my Walkman in the middle of the bag beside the big fat envelope where I 'd squeezed all my dreams . |
| 17 | Before I got pregnant it was taken for granted I 'd be in the sixth form , then when I found out , I thought I had two months to tell everybody I wo n't be back and they 're going to say , " How come ? " , so I was saying , " Oh God , I 'm going to fail my 0-levels , you wont see me back here again " . |
| 18 | With a further three she felt she had sufficient evidence to suggest that she could have supported the client at home but was overruled by others . |
| 19 | ‘ But I thought we had all day to get to the school , ’ remarked Endill . |
| 20 | It was her second husband , David , who died 16 years ago , who persuaded her to adopt orphaned elephants to see if they could be nursed through their grief and restored to health . |
| 21 | Er , it 's very difficult , yes you all laughed when I asked a question last year from over there to get a capital P in Pearson because you all laughed it took twenty weeks to get it in The Times , do you remember ? |
| 22 | A word from Maud and he had been given one of the four coveted places as a dresser , which meant he had more chance to learn the great man 's skills . |
| 23 | Asked once what he would do if he knew he had six months to live , he replied : ‘ I 'd type faster . ’ |
| 24 | He checked his watch and knew he had three hours to wait . |
| 25 | It had identified itself as Churchill 's private secretary , Jock Colville , and said they realized he had some news to tell them . |
| 26 | Did you make any attempt to get me free ? ’ |
| 27 | yes it says we would like to take this opportunity to answer some of the questions you might have and then the question comes will the management charges greatly increase ? did you have any part to play in the posing of this question in the brochure ? |
| 28 | There were other questions he might have asked , such as , What do you know about potassium cyanide ? or : Did you have any reason to hate the Pitt family ? but somehow this popped out first . |
| 29 | Why did you take such trouble to make me believe you wished to marry Miss Ingram ? ’ |
| 30 | Nothing , did you get any homework to do for tomorrow ? |